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Machete-waving man wreaks havoc in Jacksonville neighborhood

He is a registered sex offender awaitng trial in another recent arrest.

Alicea

A registered sex offender running down a Jacksonville road Monday afternoon with a machete yelling, “Kill me, I want to die,” tried to smash his way into two homes before he got into a third and caused massive destruction, police said.

Witnesses said they saw Alicea about 6:45 p.m. smashed out a window at one house on Heidi, then tried to get in the front door before smashing the window of a car parked at another home. He went next door and broke out another window before trying to break into a third house via the front door, according to his arrest report.

He smashed through a side window and dove through it, then ran upstairs into a bedroom. A resident heard him and fled as he ripped the toilet out of an upstairs bathroom, flooding the home. Alicea continued to smash windows and walls and damage antiques and clothing before hiding the machete in a closet. He broke another window, climbed out and fell two stories to the ground, witnesses said.

The police report estimated the damage to the homes and car at $22,350.

Foaming at the mouth and yelling, “Kill me,” Alicea was taken into custody by officers as he tried to break out of his handcuffs, police said.

He was treated at Shands Jacksonville hospital for cuts on his arms and legs and admitted for observation.

Alicea, who has a lengthy criminal history including a 1999 lewd and lascivious assault on a child, was awaiting trial for a March 10 arrest on charges of burglary, battery, armed trespassing, criminal mischief and resisting arrest without violence.